Researchers have found a way to make see-through mice, but you won't find these critters scampering in your kitchen.
The transparent rodents aren't alive and they're for research only, to help scientists study fine details of anatomy.
Before they are treated with chemicals, the animals are euthanized and their skin removed. Researchers made their inner organs transparent, but not their bones.
The results look like a rodent-shaped block of gelatin with the organs held in place by connective tissue and a gel used in the procedure.
Mice are mainstays of biomedical research because much of their basic biology is similar to ours and they can be altered in ways that simulate human diseases. Read more...
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